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Decision
Matter of: Information Ventures, Inc.
File: B-294267
Date: October 8, 2004
Bruce H. Kleinstein for the protester.
James L. Weiner, Esq., Department of Interior, and John W. Klein, Esq., and Laura
Mann Eyester, Esq., Small Business Administration., for the agencies.
Charles W. Morrow, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest challenging agency determination not to set aside procurement for small
business concerns is sustained where the decision was based on an unreasonably
limited search of the potential small business market, and the contracting officer did
not consider the responses of several small businesses to the presolicitation notice
in making her determination.
DECISION
Information Ventures, Inc. protests the decision of the Department of the Interior,
Minerals Management Service (MMS), to issue request for proposals (RFP)
No. 35164, for assessing various health education methods, on an unrestricted basis.
Information Ventures, a small business, contends that the requirement should be set
aside for small business concerns.
We sustain the protest.
On May 28, 2004, MMS published a presolicitation notice on the Federal Business
Opportunities website (www.fedbizopps.gov), in which it announced its intent to
procure, on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP), and on an unrestricted basis
pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 13.5, Test Program for
Certain Commercial Items, a report that draw[s] national attention to innovative
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